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As with other thrusting swords, the Estoc can attack from behind a shield, making it useful defensively. The Estoc has the longest reach of all the thrusting swords; in addition, it has a slashing-like attack that deals Regular Damage. The Estoc's good reach makes it a flexible weapon. While the Estoc's weak attack is slightly slower than those of the other rapiers, it still has a relatively good attack speed.

Although the in-game stat menus show the Estoc having a 100 critical rate (like most other weapons), the Estoc still benefits from a hidden bonus, allowing it to deal relatively high damage with ripostes and backstabs. The Estoc has unusually high non-critical damage for a thrusting sword.

The Estoc's greatest weakness lies in its relatively sluggish weak attack combos, making it harder to really rack up damage against nimble opponents. It can chain from weak attacks to a strong attack, but not vice versa.